Initializing a two dimensional std::vector

Solution 1:

Use the std::vector::vector(count, value) constructor that accepts an initial size and a default value:

std::vector<std::vector<int> > fog(
    ROW_COUNT,
    std::vector<int>(COLUMN_COUNT)); // Defaults to zero initial value

If a value other than zero, say 4 for example, was required to be the default then:

std::vector<std::vector<int> > fog(
    ROW_COUNT,
    std::vector<int>(COLUMN_COUNT, 4));

I should also mention uniform initialization was introduced in C++11, which permits the initialization of vector, and other containers, using {}:

std::vector<std::vector<int> > fog { { 1, 1, 1 },
                                    { 2, 2, 2 } };
                           

Solution 2:

Let's say you want to initialize 2D vector, m*n, with initial value to be 0

we could do this

#include<iostream>
int main(){ 
    int m = 2, n = 5;

    vector<vector<int>> vec(m, vector<int> (n, 0));

    return 0;
}